Results of the Tasmanian state election, 1928
Tasmanian state election, 30 May 1928[1] House of Assembly
<< 1925 — 1931 >> |
Enrolled voters |
111,956 |
|
|
Votes cast |
91,679 |
|
Turnout |
81.89% |
+14.63% |
Informal votes |
2,973 |
|
Informal |
3.24% |
+1.02% |
Summary of votes by party |
Party |
Primary votes |
% |
Swing |
Seats |
Change |
|
Labor |
41,829 |
47.15% |
–1.32% |
14 |
– 2 |
|
Nationalist[1] |
37,432 |
42.20% |
+2.83% |
15 |
+ 4 |
|
Independent Labor |
1,982 |
2.23% |
–1.22% |
0 |
± 0 |
|
Independent |
7,461 |
8.41% |
–0.30% |
1 |
– 2 |
Total |
88,706 |
|
|
30 |
|
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1928 Tasmanian election.
Results by division
Bass
Tasmanian state election, 1928: Bass
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Quota |
2,452 |
|
|
|
Labor |
Allan Guy (elected 1) |
2,963 |
17.3 |
-4.2 |
|
Labor |
George Becker (elected 2) |
2,210 |
12.9 |
+1.7 |
|
Labor |
Victor Shaw (elected 3) |
2,088 |
12.2 |
+3.7 |
|
Labor |
Thomas Davies |
1,201 |
7.0 |
+7.0 |
|
Labor |
Alfred Higgins |
549 |
3.2 |
+3.2 |
|
Labor |
Harold Holmes |
357 |
2.1 |
-0.8 |
|
Nationalist |
John Ockerby (elected 5) |
1,749 |
10.2 |
+10.2 |
|
Nationalist |
Claude James (elected 4) |
1,745 |
10.2 |
-3.2 |
|
Nationalist |
Henry Thomson (elected 6) |
1,284 |
7.5 |
+0.6 |
|
Nationalist |
Robert Murphy |
1,183 |
6.9 |
+2.9 |
|
Nationalist |
William Salisbury |
805 |
4.7 |
+4.7 |
|
Nationalist |
Harold Brumby |
454 |
2.6 |
+2.6 |
|
Nationalist |
James Lefevre |
431 |
2.5 |
+2.5 |
|
Nationalist |
John Kidd |
144 |
0.8 |
+0.8 |
Total formal votes |
17,163 |
96.6 |
-1.6 |
Informal votes |
601 |
3.4 |
+1.6 |
Turnout |
17,764 |
79.7 |
+11.7 |
Party total votes
|
|
Labor |
|
9,368 |
54.6 |
+10.6 |
|
Nationalist |
|
7,795 |
45.4 |
+30.2 |
Darwin
Tasmanian state election, 1928: Darwin
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Quota |
2,678 |
|
|
|
Labor |
Philip Kelly (elected 2) |
2,805 |
15.0 |
-16.3 |
|
Labor |
James Belton (elected 3) |
2,477 |
13.2 |
-4.4 |
|
Labor |
Fergus Medwin (elected 6) |
1,171 |
6.2 |
+6.2 |
|
Labor |
Henry Lane |
954 |
5.1 |
+0.2 |
|
Labor |
Robert Steel |
677 |
3.6 |
+3.6 |
|
Labor |
John O'Donnell |
674 |
3.6 |
+3.6 |
|
Nationalist |
Frank Marriott (elected 1) |
3,266 |
17.4 |
+5.7 |
|
Nationalist |
Edward Hobbs (elected 4) |
2,041 |
10.9 |
+2.3 |
|
Nationalist |
Henry McFie (elected 5) |
1,703 |
9.1 |
-0.5 |
|
Nationalist |
Richard Parsons |
785 |
4.2 |
+4.2 |
|
Nationalist |
Duncan McInnes |
779 |
4.2 |
+4.2 |
|
Independent |
Joshua Whitsitt |
1,413 |
7.5 |
+7.5 |
Total formal votes |
18,745 |
96.8 |
-0.7 |
Informal votes |
628 |
3.2 |
+0.7 |
Turnout |
19,373 |
84.2 |
+13.7 |
Party total votes
|
|
Labor |
|
8,758 |
46.7 |
+4.8 |
|
Nationalist |
|
8,574 |
45.7 |
+10.1 |
|
Independent |
Joshua Whitsitt |
1,413 |
7.5 |
+7.5 |
Denison
Tasmanian state election, 1928: Denison
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Quota |
2,634 |
|
|
|
Labor |
Walter Woods (elected 4) |
1,493 |
8.1 |
-0.8 |
|
Labor |
Edmund Dwyer-Gray (elected 6) |
1,461 |
7.9 |
+7.9 |
|
Labor |
Robert Cosgrove (elected 5) |
1,285 |
7.0 |
-2.7 |
|
Labor |
John Brown |
977 |
5.3 |
+5.3 |
|
Labor |
Charles Culley |
939 |
5.1 |
-5.9 |
|
Labor |
John Cleary |
595 |
3.2 |
-4.1 |
|
Labor |
William Lloyd |
502 |
2.7 |
+2.7 |
|
Labor |
George Phillips |
293 |
1.6 |
+1.6 |
|
Nationalist |
John McPhee (elected 1) |
2,872 |
15.6 |
+7.0 |
|
Nationalist |
Charles Grant (elected 2) |
1,774 |
9.6 |
+0.5 |
|
Nationalist |
John Soundy (elected 3) |
1,423 |
7.7 |
-4.2 |
|
Nationalist |
Horace Walch |
1,258 |
6.8 |
+6.8 |
|
Nationalist |
George Davis |
121 |
0.7 |
+0.7 |
|
Independent Labor |
Gerald Mahoney |
1,982 |
10.8 |
+3.1 |
|
Independent |
William McHugo |
1,057 |
5.7 |
+5.7 |
|
Independent |
Richard Stamford |
223 |
1.2 |
+1.2 |
|
Independent |
John Graham |
176 |
1.0 |
+1.0 |
Total formal votes |
18,431 |
97.3 |
-0.6 |
Informal votes |
519 |
2.7 |
+0.6 |
Turnout |
18,950 |
83.6 |
+14.6 |
Party total votes
|
|
Labor |
|
7,545 |
40.9 |
-8.5 |
|
Nationalist |
|
7,448 |
40.4 |
-0.3 |
|
Independent Labor |
Gerald Mahoney |
1,982 |
10.8 |
+3.1 |
|
Independent |
William McHugo |
1,057 |
5.7 |
+5.7 |
|
Independent |
Richard Stamford |
223 |
1.2 |
+1.2 |
|
Independent |
John Graham |
176 |
1.0 |
+1.0 |
Franklin
Tasmanian state election, 1928: Franklin
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Quota |
2,589 |
|
|
|
Labor |
Albert Ogilvie (elected 1) |
4,570 |
25.2 |
-3.0 |
|
Labor |
Benjamin Watkins (elected 3) |
1,231 |
6.8 |
+1.6 |
|
Labor |
William Sheridan |
489 |
2.7 |
-4.1 |
|
Labor |
Charles Frost |
417 |
2.3 |
+2.3 |
|
Labor |
John Hohne |
377 |
2.1 |
+2.1 |
|
Labor |
Samuel Lyden |
372 |
2.1 |
+2.1 |
|
Labor |
Will Reece |
286 |
1.6 |
+1.6 |
|
Labor |
William Michael |
144 |
0.8 |
+0.8 |
|
Nationalist |
John Piggott (elected 2) |
2,564 |
14.2 |
+6.7 |
|
Nationalist |
Henry Baker (elected 5) |
1,833 |
10.1 |
+10.1 |
|
Nationalist |
John Evans (elected 4) |
1,606 |
8.9 |
-6.0 |
|
Nationalist |
George Cummins |
780 |
4.3 |
-4.4 |
|
Independent |
Benjamin Pearsall (elected 6) |
1,391 |
7.7 |
+0.4 |
|
Independent |
Peter Murdoch |
1,043 |
5.8 |
-2.9 |
|
Independent |
John Earle |
910 |
5.0 |
+5.0 |
|
Independent |
Winston Triffitt |
106 |
0.6 |
+0.6 |
Total formal votes |
18,119 |
97.2 |
-1.0 |
14668 |
Informal votes |
527 |
2.8 |
+1.0 |
Turnout |
18,646 |
81.2 |
+17.3 |
Party total votes
|
|
Labor |
|
7,886 |
43.5 |
-7.4 |
|
Nationalist |
|
6,783 |
37.4 |
+11.8 |
|
Independent |
Benjamin Pearsall |
1,391 |
7.7 |
+0.4 |
|
Independent |
Peter Murdoch |
1,043 |
5.8 |
-2.9 |
|
Independent |
John Earle |
910 |
5.0 |
+5.0 |
|
Independent |
Winston Triffitt |
106 |
0.6 |
+0.6 |
Wilmot
Tasmanian state election, 1928: Wilmot
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Quota |
2,322 |
|
|
|
Labor |
Joseph Lyons (elected 1) |
4,709 |
29.0 |
-1.6 |
|
Labor |
Jens Jensen (elected 5) |
1,027 |
6.3 |
+6.3 |
|
Labor |
Herbert Osborne |
781 |
4.8 |
+2.4 |
|
Labor |
Leonard Bennett |
673 |
4.1 |
+4.1 |
|
Labor |
Eric Ogilvie (elected 6) |
661 |
4.1 |
+4.1 |
|
Labor |
William Shoobridge |
282 |
1.7 |
-0.4 |
|
Labor |
John Palamountain |
141 |
0.9 |
-0.6 |
|
Nationalist |
Walter Lee (elected 2) |
2,394 |
14.7 |
+4.9 |
|
Nationalist |
Neil Campbell (elected 3) |
2,374 |
14.6 |
+3.5 |
|
Nationalist |
Percy Best (elected 4) |
1,911 |
11.8 |
+5.7 |
|
Nationalist |
George Rowell |
153 |
0.9 |
+0.9 |
|
Independent |
Norman Cameron |
723 |
4.4 |
-6.8 |
|
Independent |
Walter McShane |
419 |
2.6 |
+2.6 |
Total formal votes |
16,248 |
95.9 |
-1.7 |
Informal votes |
698 |
4.1 |
+1.7 |
Turnout |
16,946 |
80.6 |
+16.0 |
Party total votes
|
|
Labor |
|
8,274 |
50.9 |
+4.8 |
|
Nationalist |
|
6,832 |
42.0 |
+15.3 |
|
Independent |
Norman Cameron |
723 |
4.4 |
-6.8 |
|
Independent |
Walter McShane |
419 |
2.6 |
+2.6 |
See also
References